Skirt Steak with Chimichurri

Ingredients

  • skirt steak

  • salt

  • pepper

  • olive oil

  • 2 tbsp espelete (sub paprika I guess)

  • 1.5 clove garlic

  • rock salt

  • sugar

  • 1 tbsp oregano (fresh)

  • .25 cup dill (fresh)

  • .25cup mint

  • cilantro

  • 1.5 cups parsley

  • 1x lemon

  • 4oz chorizo

  • 2tbsp shallots

  • 1 can cannellini beans

  • chicken stock

  • butter

Directions

  • season steak with salt, pepper, olive oil espelete. cut very shallow slits into surface of skirt steak. (he says “just barely nick it”)

  • let steak get to room temperature, add more olive oil. Heat grill.

  • Lay steak on grill. If you don’t hear sizzling as you place it, remove it and heat the grill more. Push steak into grooves.

  • cook 2 minutes. Flip. Press in. Cook 2 minutes. Allow it to rest.

  • puree .5 clove garlic, rock salt, sugar in mortar with pestle.

  • tear herbs into mortar. Add salt, zest of lemon, juice of that lemon. Muddle, leaving coarse.

  • Muddle, leaving coarse. Add .5 cup olive oil (“underneath all those herbs”). Muddle to coarse paste.

  • apply thin layer of chimichurri to resting steak.

  • heat cast iron skillet, add chorizo. Heat until sizzling. add shallots, garlic. Heat to allow garlic to absorb chorizo.

  • Add beans. Heat until waxy.

  • As pan starts getting dry, add chicken stock. Bring to a boil, turn down heat.

  • Add rainbow chard, simmer for a while? add cubes of butter. Mix butter as it melts.